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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com 62-STORY TWIN-TOWER PROJECT PLANNED IN CAMBODIA Cambodian developer OTK Royal One has entered into an agreement with Chinese construction firm Sichuan Huashi Group to build a high-rise twin-tower project in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, The Phnom Penh Post reports. Royal One, a US$150-million mixed-use development, will stand 62 stories and include condominiums,...

IN MEMORIAM: MARK L. LANE Mark L. Lane, founder of Elevator Motors Corp. (EMC) and a longtime elevator man credited with bringing new technology to the industry, passed away peacefully at his home in Plainview, New York, on February 24 at age 94. A World War II veteran, Lane got his start in the elevator business with motor manufacturer Electro Dynamics in the 1950s in New York City, leaving in 1960 to start EMC, which is still in business today. He was involved in industry organizations...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com EU ADOPTS EFFICIENCY LEGISLATION The European Federation of Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) reports that the European Union (EU) has adopted a series of legislative acts with the goal of improving energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of buildings and industrial products. Although lifts are not included in the scope of the...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com KONE PROVIDING VT FOR NEW DUBAI OFFICE BUILDING KONE has been selected to provide the vertical-transportation (VT) package for ICD Brookfield Place, a 54-story, 282-m-tall office tower being built in Dubai. The order includes 17 MonoSpace®, 27 MiniSpaceTM and two scenic elevators, and five escalators. Scheduled for completion in March 2019, ICD Brookfield Place will...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com ALIMAK BMUs FOR CHINESE CITY’S TALLEST BUILDING Qingdao CONSON Development Group has selected Alimak Group's CoxGomyl building maintenance units (BMUs) for the Haitian Center, three towers in Qingdao, China, housing hotels, a commercial center, a museum and apartments. At 369 m, or roughly 111 stories, one of the towers will be the tallest in the city. The order...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com WITTUR APPOINTS CEO, COO The Wittur Group has appointed Antoine Doutriaux as CEO and Johann (Hans) Koenigshofer as chief operating officer (COO) and member of the Executive Management Team of Wittur Group. Doutriaux, a previous leader at Valeo Thermal Systems and Zodiac Aerospace, has experience in various high‐tech industries, comprehensive strategy deployment, and...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PROPEL INDIAN VT SALES Demand for housing and infrastructure is expected to result in increased sales of elevators and escalators in India, of 7% and 66%, respectively, this year, The Hindu reports, sharing insight gathered at the International Elevator & Escalator Expo 2018. Schindler India Managing Director Uday Kulkarni observed...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com ORACLE ELEVATOR ANNOUNCES NEW TECHNOLOGY CENTER Tampa, Florida-based Oracle Elevator has begun construction on its new technology center, company President and CEO Paul Belliveau announced on March 7. The center, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will provide the company with support in several major areas, including technical assistance to field employees;...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com EW INTRODUCES THE PEOPLE ISSUE ELEVATOR WORLD is accepting nominations for its June issue special section on people. It aims to provide readers with stories of a diverse array of professionals, from the front office to the field, who make an impact on our industry through the work they do for their companies, their communities and the industry as a whole. If you have...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com HORIZONTAL ELEVATORS IN FUTURISTIC DISPLAY “The future of city living” was on display last month at the 2018 International Builders’ Show in Orlando. Dallas architecture firm Humphreys and Partners presented its high-rise concept, which features “sideways elevators” not unlike thyssenkrupp’s MULTI. Hypothetically built in Manhattan, the site would also feature...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com XIZI ELEVATOR ENTERING AFRICA THROUGH AGREEMENT Eliel Jerameal Nigeria Ltd. has been granted exclusive rights by China’s Xizi Elevator to distribute, sell, install and service Xizi elevator and escalator equipment in the African market, Vanguard reports. Nigeria, along with other developing West African countries, including Cameroon and Ghana, stand to...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com IN MEMORIAM: LOUIS BLAIOTTA, SR. Louis “Lou” Blaiotta, Sr., founder and chairman of Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc., died peacefully on March 1 at Calvary Hospital in Bronx, New York, at the age of 85. After working at the Williamsburg Elevator Products Division for several years, in the mid 1960s, he presented his employers, the Katz family, with a "different" concept of marketing elevator...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com GUSTAV WOLF ACQUIRES BRUGG’S GEORGIA PRODUCTION SITE Brugg Lifting North America LLC and Gustav Wolf (USA) Inc. announced a joint agreement for Gustav Wolf (USA) to acquire the elevator steel-rope production assets of Brugg in Rome, Georgia, effective April 2. This extends Gustav Wolf's global production capacity into North America as it relocates its North...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com MEKC TO BEGIN OPERATING SOUTH KOREAN ELEVATOR PLANT Mitsubishi Electric Corp. subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric Korea Co. (MEKC) plans to begin operating a new US$27-million factory in the Incheon Free Economic Zone of South Korea on March 1. Including an R&D center and a 95-m-tall test tower, the facility is expected to expand current production capacity by...

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com OTIS PARENT CONSIDERING BREAKING UP BUSINESSES Otis parent company United Technologies Corp. (UTC) is considering breaking up its elevator, jet-engine and air-conditioning business units in an effort to increase company value, various news agencies, including Reuters, report. UTC CEO Greg Hayes said at an investor conference in Miami on February 21 that a...